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Shell_Seas

(3,335 posts)
Wed Oct 11, 2023, 01:10 PM Oct 2023

Nazigate Has Taken Over Texas Politics By Storm

Updates on the Nazigate fallout and the voucher scam being pushed by the recipients of the neo-Nazi money.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/nazigate-has-taken-over-texas-politics


Yesterday, I spent all day watching the school voucher hearings. I posted testimony clips to Twitter X if you follow me there. However, everything you want to know about the Senate’s voucher scam can be summed up in this video:


Here is the quick run-down. This program is only for about 60,000 kids. It gives them an allotment of $8,000, nearly $2,000 over the basic allotment for public schools. The bill has a cap on how many low-income and disabled students can use the program, and the GOP is back at it with their “blind to race” bullshit. The Senate’s bill is terrible, racist, and a handout for the wealthy. I doubt the House bill will differ significantly, but we must wait and see.

The Senate Committee on Border Security met yesterday as well. I’m planning on catching up on that video today. Nothing else is scheduled in Austin until tomorrow when the House gavels back in for the first reading of bills. There may or may not be drama, looking at where the House is in cohesiveness. I’m hoping for it, though. The more drama there is in Austin, the less chance they have of getting things done.

House committee hearings for vouchers and other GOP priorities will likely occur next week.

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